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( - ( - 1 ' ':V ' . THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAU . WtXAND, , 5ATURDAY ; EVENING. JY ; 1907 ;;.y ."V V'' ' ' "' . ;,. V i. iiigsLir,1" 11 .. ...... . 1 " . ., - ' - ' C :? ' m'. - IstkPtouJo JS V ' 'THFRe'S HOT eAtOVGrt HCAC trV V." " NT - " " " t TOO I. 4 Wj y O, v 'At fou were told lut week, NokomU cut th lump of urtttag. or fristk, from th bom of Nah-may, tfce Oroat Sturgeon (which Big Bear had caught and brought aihorc), and, after rounding it off, ahe gave it to Little Growling Bird to uae aa "bounce ball" But;YIIow Hair said it would be nicer to play a bat-aiut-ball game than to go on bouncing it around aimlessly. So they , coaxed Nokomia to girt them enough fishing twine to wind around it until it should look like a real "store" ball Yellow Hair found a nice smooth club-stick, suitable for a bat, but Little Bear proud of his victory over Wolverine, and boasting that he was now "Heap strong Black Bear" dragged after him a great big tick regular "Pug-ah-maw-gun," or Indian War-Club, for HIS batl The wide, flat sandbar at this part of the river bank would make the best kind of a ban ground, but, of course, they could not play a regular boys' game, because there were not enough players. But Yellow Hair said she would teach Growling Bird the old "One Hunk" game, which three or four can play. Of course, the Little Boy had often played "catch" with Big Bear, but not thia kind of a game. So Yellow Hair explained it to him and the others. This is the way it is played: In thia game there is only ONE "hunk," or base (which ia usually a atone or an old stump), and lies about twenty or thirty feet away. When the ball la struck the Utter runs and tries to touch the "hunk" and get back before the others can reach the ball and thrpw:lt eo that it either hit the home base itself or is caught by another player and the plate touched. '" . f oh' hr'f ' iHJ I AX , X&M&s' : rr'fet cTK. '? ' yy ' ! But if he seta back safely he counts one run. and roes on bsttinr until he is out out If the ball is caught on the fly, or on the FIRST rebound, or If he misses three fairly pitched balls over the plate, and the catcher catches them all, on the fly or on "first bounce,'' he is out I Sometimes a strong batter will knock the ball so far that he will hve time to make quite a number of runs on one flight of the, ball. But if the ball cannot be found after a little search the others cry: "LOST BALL I" and then he cannot count amy more runs on that hit When, the batter is put out he must go out and "field," and the other cornea in and catches; the catcher takes the pitcher's place, he being now the batter himself. Each one of the players thus plays all the different parts of the game fn turn. But they all like to bat as lone ss they can stay "in.' Well, Big Bear offered to play "catcher" nd bears CAN catch fine! Aundak couldn't play ball, to HE said he'd be the um pire I Yellow Hair took the bat and the very first ball Growling Bird pitched ahe struck almost into his hands. He caught it easily, and, alas, Fanny was out I Aundak cawed "OUT I ! I" just tike js real umpire. Little Bear then came to bat carrying his big War Club. Growling Bird threw a real swift ball at the Big Stick. (He was a good stone thrower, you remember.) Little Bear never moved his bat at all, so the ball struck it fair and square and bounced straight back, almost as hard, and landed against the Little Boy's "tummy" with an awful joltl It knocked the breath out of him. and he tat down very auddenlyK Aundak yelled "FOUL BALL!!!" but" Little Bear paid no attention to him Of course, there aren't any "foule" in "One Hunk," out the Crow didn't mind a little thing like that! Meanwhile, the Careless Cub had drotmed the heaw club ritrht an Bi? Bear's tendW feet and was gallopine: off - toward "first bate," from which Yellow Hair was no returning. (She was "out." you know.) Big BeaV hopped around on one foot, holding the other, and grunting with pain. When Little Bear reached the "hunk," or base which happtWd to be a large stone-e thought he'd do something to show how smart he really was getting to be! He grubbed Up the atone witllf his strong claws and cams toddliag back with it to "show off" before Growling Bird, who was still sitting on the ground. You wohild have laughed had you , nwyi tne war he braced THEN ! (You can get only a faint idea of it from the words in the picture !) V Nv ISN'T IT I .'t' " ' " , lAWFULit: BIG BEAR. HE KNOW LOT 'i i ' . 1 sl if' . ' t f jm. i'v i. j i . . . n: ' . . . . JNJUN OALL f TkM CUa UiILl 1 Osgood rmrnl We0BE. L ----- TO PLAY BALL WITH VJ-- TUU f V I HOW MMY tf I'y A - rlHl1 LA J V YOUNEt h ' . . LITTLE. BOY f .. ? ' V-3, !5TrC5 JTl Ij' - il7K fL J&T iii i" i- , ' ii , i i Mil i i iii iii il ' ' ' ' i mi I It wmmmmmmmmmmmm , m-mmt . zL L The foolish Bear Cub had heard Yellow Hair explaining the way to "steal a base" which means to steal along quietly to the base while the others are not looking but HE thought that she meant to steal the base ITSELF! However, the Little Bear: Cab was SURE to come to grief every time he began to grow BOASTFUL, or let his GREEDINESS get the better of him, so yon may be sure that severe rnisnment was awaiting him not far off. Big Bear was very angry at the rough way Mukoons, the Little Bear, had acted all through the game, and took him over his knee and what happened THEN, you can see for yourself III But later you may see a different kind of garno "BAH-GAW-UD-OWAY." the REAL game of ball the Indiana invented .themselves 1 A.T.C N ar f